Unable to enumerate USB device on port 1

Question

I can't use my Newman Mp3 player in archlinux.And I googled,but I still don't know how to do
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Linux foolfrog 2.6.28-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Mar 8 10:18:28 UTC 2009 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
dmesg
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Newman   Mp3 Player       1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2013696 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.03 GB/983 MiB)
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 06 00 00
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2013696 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.03 GB/983 MiB)
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 06 00 00
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb:
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
scsi 4:0:0:1: Direct-Access     Newman   USB SD           1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x00
end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x00
end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 8
Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 2
Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 3
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] READ CAPACITY(16) failed
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] <6>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x00
end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x00
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Use 0xffffffff as device size
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Sector size 0 reported, assuming 512.
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] 4294967296 512-byte hardware sectors: (2.19 TB/2.00 TiB)
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 3
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] READ CAPACITY failed
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Sense not available.
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] READ CAPACITY failed
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Sense not available.
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
hub 6-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
I can use my MP3 player in winxp,but can't use it int Vista,and Ubuntu also can't use it.Could you help me?

Answer 1

I've been having the same problem with a usb stick of mine, the same error - unable to enumerate USB device.  I figure explaining my experiences here may help someone else trying to figure this out.
This seems to be hardware related, unfortunately.  I don't know if anyone can correct me.  I have two laptops, one old one new.  Both use 2.6.29.  This one usb stick I have just wont work on the old laptop, regardless of kernel version or distribution.  Other usb mass storage devices work.
I suspect that this is a combination between a kernel bug and hardware issues.  All google searches on this error seem to indicate that the only way people fixed this was through replacement hardware.
I know that the usb flash drive I'm using has a hidden second volume on it.  A 1GB read writeable volume, and a 4MB volume that is uneraseable, includes a pdf document that came with it.  This is not a second partition, the OS sees it as a virtual CDROM drive.  (I got the stick for free at a conference.)  I don't know how this is implemented in hardware, but on other systems (on mac/windows/linux), a second volume appears after 10 seconds of insertion.  I suspect this quirk is what prevents me from using this as a usb boot stick too.
My guess is that the usb device does not follow specification exactly, and borks on certain OS/hardware combinations.  I would call my usb stick broken, and it only manifests itself on some hardware.  The newman mp3 player may be similar, not following the usb specs 100%.  As you said, it won't work in Vista either.
Do you have a different usb mass storage device that you can try?  Plug in a hard disk, a thumb drive, a different mp3 player, see if it works right away.  It makes me sad when hardware doesn't work on Linux, but sometimes that means a trip to ebay and newegg.  I'm going to be doing that with my thumb drive.